DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Triumvirate
Triumvirate
K3Master


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax
Date: Aug 9, 2008
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2008

I'm going into this one knowing that portraits/family portraits don't tend to do well in a free-study. Having said that, I want to test my portraits against the other portraits entered. This shot was a real winner with the family I shot it for, but mass appeal is something else entirely. This is the first leg in understanding what makes a portrait stick for mass appeal.

Statistics
Place: 242 out of 487
Avg (all users): 5.6846
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5877
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 946
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 149
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
10/12/2008 07:54:31 AM
Lovely picture and nice lightning...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/18/2008 11:31:29 AM
Looks old fashioned, and full of personality. A real winner in my book. Love the little boys smile. Happiness runs amok.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/18/2008 11:09:04 AM
Originally posted by xakpeet:

I like the pose of the subjects but not sure I like the processing...oversaturated maybe? The colors seem a little bit off. I think it is interesting that the kids are looking at what i assume is someone standing beside the camera and the fella on bottom is looking into the camera.


I fail to see how anyone can say that the "colors seem off"??? According to what? What can that statement be based upon as a comparison???
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/18/2008 11:04:49 AM
Ok, maybe, I'm blind because I can't see the "blow outs" that others in here can see! What I see is a great portrait shot that is really pleasing to the eye and senses composition, content, colour, light and just about everything else. It's not the "technically perfect" that grabs attention in a photo! That seems to be what a lot of people in here don't seem to value! What I see here in this family portrait shot is a great time between father and children, happy, smiling faces that portray the sense of love and closeness that a family has with one another. That, to me, is the message that SHOULD be portrayed....not the "blow outs" or the "oversaturation" that I still can't see in this either!

Keep on shooting what pleases YOU and emotes something from others. THAT is far more valuable than technical perfection! Please don't change your view from behind the camera to please voters in here. Keep up your own style and eye through that viewfinder because you've got quite an eye!

Edited to add....don't forget...every monitor is different so, everyone viewing this will see it slightly differently.

Message edited by author 2008-09-18 11:06:00.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/08/2008 03:35:03 PM
This is a good portrait, great colour and exposure ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/04/2008 10:45:18 PM
Darling!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/04/2008 07:39:35 PM
Wow - what a great portrait! Without the watch, this could have been taken in the 50s. Great light, great focus, lovely toning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/03/2008 10:26:07 PM
Great family shot, print it and pop it on the wall! Slightly blown out but still works well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/02/2008 03:31:22 PM
Nice composition, but a little overexposed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/02/2008 04:02:25 AM
lovely...a fantastic family shot...light in this is nice and the expressions are wonderful...8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/01/2008 11:10:01 PM
I like the pose of the subjects but not sure I like the processing...oversaturated maybe? The colors seem a little bit off. I think it is interesting that the kids are looking at what i assume is someone standing beside the camera and the fella on bottom is looking into the camera.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/01/2008 08:17:25 PM
very nice shot of all 3, im sure they are very pleased with such a shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/01/2008 01:53:06 PM
Of course the kids are looking at a neat bird flying by in the background or something. It's not perfect. They lean to the right, look at something other than the camera. . . . I think all of these things come together beautifully to give this photo it's charm. Frame it and hang it up on the wall!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/01/2008 06:37:11 AM
beautiful family
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/20/2024 12:17:41 AM EDT.